“Use of Weapons: The Armoury of Epic Fantasy”—A Guest Post Celebrating the UK Mass Market Release of “The Gathering Of The Lost”

Today, Thursday 21, is the UK mass market release date for The Gathering of the Lost — w00t!

I am not doing a big celebration because right now I feel my energy is better focused on completing Daughter of Blood:The Wall of Night Book Three and getting it out there to all of you I now are waiting. 🙂

But nonetheless I am very excited about it, and to celebrate, have done a guest post for Orbit–who are of course my UK publisher, so it’s absolutely fitting!

The post is titled Use of Weapons: The Armoury of Epic Fantasy—and to read it just click on the title below:

"THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world."--Robin Hobb

Thornspell

Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo

Thornspell is my first novel and is published by Knopf (Random House Children's Books, USA). It won the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2009 for Best Novel: Young Adult and was a Storylines Childrens' Literature Trust Notable Book 2009.